Sunday, January 31, 2021

another day another pill

he had everything on his shelf.
tucked away
in his medicine cabinet,
inside of drawers,
on the window sills,
pills,
bottles,
vitamins.
zinc, calcium, magnesium.
things i never 
heard of.
a dose for every part of
his body.
from kidney,
to bones,
to eyes.
somehow they were keeping
him alive.
despite a life of 
debauchery, drink, fast
women and cigarettes,
and an unbreakable 
penchant to lie.

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